Telemedicine, in-person visits show high diagnostic concordance
Sep 12, 2022
Variance was seen by specialty, with lower concordance for primary care.
Reading clinic visit notes benefits older adults
Aug 26, 2021
Older adults with chronic conditions reported that reading notes in patient portals helped them to remember their care plan and medications.
ChatGPT performs well in answering genetic testing questions
Mar 22, 2024
ChatGPT performance was equally accurate for fact-based and counseling-type questions regarding gynecologic cancers.
Mental health apps offer basic features
Dec 29, 2022
Privacy challenges were identified for the apps, including metrics such as star ratings.
Fewer deaths reported with enrollment in COVID-19 remote monitoring
Nov 18, 2021
The remote monitoring service, COVID Watch, reduced deaths at 30 and 60 days and was associated with presentation to the emergency department sooner.
Smartphone-based measures can help ID frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Apr 01, 2024
Individuals with frontotemporal lobar degeneration were accurately differentiated from controls with smartphone tests.
Telemedicine has declined since pandemic, but video encounters still frequent
Jan 22, 2024
“Although these nationwide trends can inform research and policy, they obscure disparities in access to and use of telemedicine that disproportionately affect older adults, individuals in rural regions...
Cheaper OTC hearing aids should be in stores by October, FDA says
Aug 16, 2022
Until now, people have had to pay thousands of dollars for a device that could only be adjusted by a professional audiologist.